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'The Sims 3' - v1.8.0 Patch Available NOW

The Sims 3 allows you to immerse your unique Sims in an open living neighborhood right outside their door. The initial feature-set includes the new seamless, open neighborhood, new Create-A-Sim, new realistic personalities and new unlimited customization.

Fix for save file incompatibilities that result in the Error Code 16 error message while saving.

The Sims 3 v1.6.6 Changes:

New Features:

Build/Buy Mode Additions:

New Basement Tool: Basement Tool allows you to build basements up to 4 levels deep under your lot. The tool builds under the current level. If you’re underground already, you can hold the Shift key with the tool to build on the current level. Hold the Control key with the tool to delete basements.

New Pagoda style roofs.

Decorations may now be placed on roofs.

Stairs functionality is now improved:

Foundation walls can be adjusted with modular stairs attached.

Stairs can be built over gaps.

Placing stairs around objects that block their placement now give appropriate error messages.

Stairs can be above and below each other.

Stairs, fences, and gates can now be customized with textures, as well as being saved and shared with others.

‘Sell All’ option for a Family’s inventory.

Ghosts will now route through walls.

Players now have ability to change the song track on stereos.

Favorite choices in Create-A-Sim area can now be bookmarked for future use.

Following keyboard combinations will now adjust camera rotating and tilt: CTRL+Arrow Keys; CTRL+WASD

Babies, toddlers, and children now have new animations available:

Child giving bottle to toddler

Child feeding toddler in high chair

Child reading to toddlers

Child stealing candy from toddler

Child and toddler hugging

New shy kiss

Child to toddler peek-a-boo

Children fighting

New irritate

Declare nemesis

Gameplay Changes:

New Lessons have been added to assist new players with some of the more complex base-game concepts.

Sims will now dream while sleeping by displaying thought balloons.

When a baby is about to be born, the hospital now has a map tag on it with the appropriate interactions.

Once a Sim owns a Diner or Bistro, food and drink at those restaurants will be free.

When a Sim picks up an Unknown Uncommon Seed, there is now a tool tip to notify Player what to do with it.

Fixed a rare case where the ‘Wugglesworth Schnuggles Bear’ would not appear in the family inventory upon moving a household if it occurs during “Talk through” interaction.

‘Delete’ and ‘Save as Custom’ buttons function properly when Player presses CTRL+Z after selecting a different pattern under the same preset within the ‘Accessories’ ‘Clothing’ panel.

When throwing a Wedding Party, the Sim’s fiancé will be automatically invited.

Sims will now not run indoors.

When viewing inside neighbors’ windows, their furnishings will be visible.

Having a relationship with a specific Service NPC increases the chance they will arrive to handle their particular service job.

Sims living together will now automatically know each other from the start.

Fruit trees originally planted in community lots may now be transplanted anywhere else.

All relevant socials on Maid Service NPC are now available when they are cleaning an object.

Autonomous interactions based on Sim’s jealousy have been balanced.

Sim now cannot move mailboxes when cutting gems or mounting fish.

When a Sim brings a new friend home from school, they are immediately Acquaintances and “Introduction” social interactions are removed.

Game speed will automatically increase when a Sim is in jail.

Undoing an outfit deletion from the dresser restores the proper outfit.

Non-Kleptomaniac Sims will not take and put away portable fire pits that belong to community lots.

Cars, bikes and scooters can now only be placed on a Sim’s home lot.

Fixed issue where NPC Ghosts would leave a lot late at night via running off lot, taxi, or car, instead of returning to gravestone in morning.

Fixed issue where Sims could not fish in ponds on their lots if the lot was surrounded by water.

Fix for a rare case in which objects could disappear from a lot while a fire is burning and a Sim expires.

Selling ingredients by recipe will have same price as individual ingredients.

Ambrosia ingredients can no longer be copied to another Sim’s inventory while the Sim is preparing Ambrosia.

Sims will now prepare ingredient-named recipes randomly based on the ingredients available in the refrigerator.

Fixed some cases where it was possible for Sims to pickup objects through walls.

Birthday Cake will now continue working even when Aging option is turned off.

Only one Grim Reaper will appear on a lot where more than one death has occurred.

Fix for occasional bad animation playing when placing a toddler into a crib.

Improvements were made to car preference.

Fix for possible missing animation when playing with ‘Wugglesworth Schnuggles Bear’ toy.

Fix for rare animation problem during clean up.

Sims can no longer be placed in the family inventory with the ‘MoveObjects’ cheat.

City Hall clock will display correct time after moving building to a different lot.

Deed will not disappear from Sim’s inventory after performing an “Ask to Move In” interaction.

Moodlets and Traits

Hopeless Romantic Sims will not autonomously flirt when they are heartbroken.

Sims with Frugal trait now receives ‘Got a Good Deal’ buff when using a coupon at the day spa.

Fix for a rare case where a teen Sim could have the ‘Out after Curfew’ moodlet permanently after aging up.

Fixed issue where a lot with the ‘Beautiful Vista’ Moodlet would not persist across any houses built on that same lot.

Fixed issue where Sims could not gain ‘No Sense of Humor’ trait when manually increasing Sim’s age with aging disabled.

Grim Reaper relationship will only appear once in Relationship Panel if there is more than one death occurring on a lot.

A warning will appear during uninstall explaining that the custom music folder will be deleted.

Various Inventory optimizations.

Various text and grammar fixes.

· Game Engine Improvements:

Items moved manually to the ‘Downloads’ folder will now show up in the game launcher’s ‘Downloads’ screen.

Updated lot loading to more gracefully handle loading when visiting town NPCs.

Routing of Sims around groups, in homes and through community lots has improved.

Service NPCs now have the appropriate number of traits for their age.

Object states are now retained when importing and exporting between towns.

Camera movement and speed control has been improved.

Game will no longer freeze when pressing CTRL+Z while sharing a CAS outfit.

Household descriptions will update properly when a Sim moves into another house.

Various fixes for some rare route failure situations.

There is now a distance check for playing the video game system.

Art Improvements:

Shaders used on torch flames are improved.

Mirrors will now always reflect wall objects, even with Walls Down or Cutaway.

Lighting of outdoors at dusk has been improved for lower-end video cards.

Some hairstyles and accessories have been modified to eliminate white lines or blank areas from appearing.

Roofs have been adjusted as to not cut through walls.

Audio:

Sound volume on objects now adjusts depending on whether the Walls toggle is set to Up, Down, or Cutaway.

Sound volume will gradually change depending on the camera’s distance from an object.

Footstep sounds will now change depending on the ground type the Sim is walking on (i.e. stone, gravel, etc.).

Increased minimum sound radius around vehicles to prevent the sound from panning rapidly left and right.

Water sprinkler SFX will cease when moving sprinklers on a lot.

Improvements made to the audio system to address the possible situation in which audio dropped out over long-term play.

Mac Specific:

After exiting the game, desktop icons appear in same location as at game start.

The Sims 3 features a brand new engine that allows you to immerse your unique Sims in an open living neighborhood where they can roam and explore all new surroundings including the beach, mountains and town center. The neighborhood is alive and constantly evolving so what happens to a Sim on one side of the neighborhood could impact your Sims on the other side of town! If your Sims are in the right place at the right time, who knows what might happen? And now for the first time, your Sims have distinctive personalities thanks to a range of all-new personality traits. You have the option to select from dozens of personality traits such as brave, artistic, kleptomaniac, clumsy, paranoid and romantic. Combine up to five traits to create an endless number of truly diverse individuals.

The all-new Create-a-Sim allows you to completely customize your Sims' appearances making every Sim unique. The feature is easy-to-use and more powerful than ever, letting you fine-tune every aspect of your Sims face, customize their hair color, select the exact shade of their skin tone and determine much more to make lifelike Sims. It's never been easier to make Sims that are thin, full-figured or muscular and everything in between! In true The Sims fashion, you can customize everything. The Sims 3 allows for infinite possibilities to design the interior and exterior of your Sims surroundings.

Additionally, you can enjoy the challenge of short-term and long-term goals and then reap the rewards! Based on personality traits, skills and career choices, your Sims have short and long term Wishes that provide constant fun challenges, things to do and achieve. You have the ultimate freedom to choose whether to fulfill their destiny, giving them lifetime happiness and rewards or not! Will your Sim skyrocket from latrine cleaner to an astronaut, go from being a rabid fan to a sports legend or will you choose an alternate destiny? In The Sims 3, life is what you make it!

In addition to the town included in the game, a second town, Riverview will be available for download from The Sims 3 official website, which will also allow players to create and share their own movies, manage their online content and purchase additional in-game content.

Features :

Create any Sims you can imagine! Design your ultimate Sim by choosing up to five traits and numerous body characteristics in the Create-a-Sim feature. Customize your Sims body type, facial features, hair styles, and more. Create an evil, handsome, ripped kleptomaniac that wreaks havoc on those around.

Control your Sims’ destinies. From a rock star or world leader to an expert thief, you choose whether or not to pursue the Lifetime Wish of your Sim. Choose whether to fulfill their destiny, giving them a lifetime of happiness and rewards—or not and be devious!

Customize everything! You are the designer! From clothing to houses, customize patterns, colors, or create any house you can imagine. Customize any aspect of your Sims' style…even down to the style and color of their shoes!

Be the Director of your Sims’ movies! Never before have you been able to make your own movie with a cast, a set, soundtrack, a story and editing without leaving the game. Make a movie with the Create-a-Movie tool and share it with the world!

Connect, Share and Shop! Register with The Sims 3 online community and receive a second town, as well as 1,000 SimPoints to be used at The Sims 3 Store. Show off your creations from Sims to houses. Download exclusive content and hear the latest news of The Sims 3 world first.

The Sims 3 Collector’s Edition, available at select retailers for $69.99, will include the full game along with an additional collectable 2GB The Sims Plumbob™ USB drive, tips and hints guide and a bonus in-game European-styled sports car unavailable elsewhere.

The Sims 3 is curently available for purchase at retail and online through digital distribution for $49.99.